Help for Interagency Contract Directory
Introduction
Interagency Contract
Directory is a searchable database that can be used to identify government
contracts that are used to place orders against. The information retrieved
through this search is almost real-time data. However the report
information is accurate for the last update made to the index. ICD is
designed to be efficient by only taking the user seconds to bring up search
results.
ICD provides the ability to
search for contracts based on free text. All contracts searched are in Final
status. Any DOD contract that is less than 90 days old will not be included in
the search.
Free text refers to matching
search criteria entered with any of the 20 elements displayed on the ICD
results screen.
- Access to ICD
There are 3 ways to access
ICD.
- From the FPDS NG login page
- From the FPDS NG Home Page and
- By launching a browser and typing www.contractdirectory.gov in the address bar.
- Enter any text in the search box and click
- Clears the search text entered in the
text box.
- The tab provides a view of all the active
IDVs and Awards in a ‘Final’ status.
- The tab allows the user to view any action
that has been created since Fiscal Year 2003.
- The tab allows
users to view all the active IDVs created on or after October 1, 2006.
7. The Search criteria entered in the Search field is
displayed in the ‘Search Criteria’ to the right of the search results.
8. The Search criteria can be deleted from the Search
criteria by using the button.
9. The Sort By allows the user to sort the existing
results right of the search results in ascending and descending order.
10. The Search criteria entered in the Search field is
displayed in the ‘Recent Searches’ to the right of the search results.
11. Clicking on the links inside the documents allows you
to further refine your search and drill down to specific information. For
example by clicking on a specific Contracting Agency you will only see
contracts for that Contracting Agency.
12. The options
you have available with exporting the
results:
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Provides the ability to save the data as a
PDF.
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Provides the ability to save the data as or a
command delimited file (CSV).
* Only
the first 5000 results can be exported using the PDF and CSV features.
13. The Quick Help feature is available to provide
navigation instructions. It also provides a link to the Help file.
14. Refine Search as desired by either using the advanced
search options or using the drill down feature.
15. Click the link ‘view’ beside the IDV ID to view the
IDV in a new screen.
16. Click the link ‘Awards’ to view all the associated
awards in a new screen. The view will display all the awards that reference the
selected IDV.
17. Click the drop down to configure
the number of results to be displayed per page.
Advanced Search
Introduction:
The Advanced Search feature allows you to do
complex searches for an IDV by using different criteria.
Steps:
1. Click the on the top of
the screen. The Advanced Search screen will be displayed. The user will
be able to search from within the search results or perform a new search.
2. Click the button to add search criteria. A
dropdown field will be displayed.
3. Multiple search criteria can be added on the Advanced
Search screen using button.
4. In the remaining fields, you may enter other
information to customize your search.
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For most fields,
you may use a % as a wildcard.
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You may use the to see a pick list.
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You may use the
drop down to select values
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You may enter
values in the text boxes provided against some fields.
5.
Click. A list
of IDVs will display.
5. The user will be able to perform searches using the
following search criteria.
- Agency Name
- Description of Contract
Requirement
- Contract Identifier (PIID)
- Type of contract pricing
description
- Contracting Agency Name
- Contracting Office ID
- Contracting Office Name
- Major Program Name
- Program Acronym
- NIA Short Description
- NAICS Code or Description
- PSC Code or Description
- Vendor name
- Website URL
- Who Can Use
- Fee for use of service
- Vendor Socio Economic
categories
- Type of IDV
6. The following Advanced Search options should
have drop downs to be able to select for
specific values
- Fee for use of Service
- IDV Type
- NIA Short Description
- Socio Economic Data
- Who Can Use. If the value
chosen is ‘Only My Agency’, then a text box should be provided to enter
the agency Name